Tracking Skynet – Sousveillance project by Filipe Vilas-Boas

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Created by Filipe Vilas-Boas, 'Tracking Skynet' comprises the recording of a surveillance satellite whilst being under surveillance of the same – the process also known sousveillance (Steve Mann). Instead of concentring its attention on a star or on a planet, a 600 mm telescope has been hijacked to track a military satellite called Skynet - originally the artificial intelligence system’s name in Terminator.

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